Avalon Sector

Vast and untamed, the Avalon Sector has been frontier territory since the 22nd century. Dominated by the better part of the Briar Patch and historically regarded as insignificant, Starfleet only took notice of the Avalon Sector when the planet Ba'ku was discovered in 2375. After the incident with the Son'a, Starfleet made some headway into the region over the next 10 years, eventually assigning a lone vessel, the Discovery, to the region. In 2384, Deep Space 284 was constructed after the discovery of the Saurian Empire and in response to Romulan interests in the region. After the destruction of Genura in 2385, the Federation began to devote more diplomatic and scientific resources to the region. They were nearly all recalled after the destruction of the Aurix base in 2386, and what little was left was further reduced after the Destruction of Romulus and Remus. After the Gurab Crisis in 2389, Starfleet withdrew the last of its resources from the region and the border was redrawn to make Ba'ku, a Federation world, inside a Federation controlled sector. The DS285 station became a backwater assignment, no longer the seat of a Sector Command or a branch of the admiralty. No Starfleet ship was assigned to the region until late 2391, when the USS Constitution-B returned to the region. The assignment of a Galaxy-Class starship is perhaps a sign of Starfleet's renewed commitment to the region as a new frontier to be explored, or perhaps, something else entirely.

Features of the Avalon Sector

Briar Patch

Vast and almost totally unexplored, the Briar patch was formerly almost entirely within the Avalon Sector before the border was redrawn in 2390. The Patch is home to several varieties of stellar phenomena that make conventional warp drive, impossible. Newer, more advanced Starfleet ships are able to maintain a warp field of about warp 4, but in this vast, unexplored and dangerous patch of supernova remnants and metreon gas, it is inadvisable to go anywhere in a hurry. The famous battle of Klach D'Kel Brakt was fought on the outer edge of the Briar Patch in 2270, between Romulan and Klingon Forces. Explosive and deadly, the Klingon Victory at Klach D'Kel Brakt was (some say) a pyric one considering their losses. But to Klingons, there is no other victory than a glorious battle, and Klach D'Kel Brakt certainly was.

Saurian Empire

The only known major power in the region, the Saurian Empire is a militant, caste based society that effectively dominates the woefully uncharted 'eastern' side of the Avalon Sector. While diplomatic relations were established after the destruction of Genura in 2385, the Diplomatic Mission was closed by 2387. In the 5 years since, the Saurian Empire has annexed several parts of the Avalon Sector, increasing their territory by 1/3. The Decline of the Romulan Empire and the lack of Starfleet resources in the region were the impetus for this expansion.

Aurix Base

Abandoned in 2386, Aurix base was destroyed by the machinations of the Q Continuum. Set up as a forward base for Starfleet interests in the region, Aurix was located on a dessert world and home to 30 Starfleet personnel.

Genura

The sanctuary of a group of Genurans, fleeing persecution in the Saurian Empire, the entire Genura system was destroyed when one of the stars was intentionally collapsed. The 8,000 Genuran refugees were evacuated and given asylum in the Federation.

Deep Space 285

Once the seat of an Admiral and the glowing beacon of Starfleet's activity in the region, the station has fallen on hard times and is now the command of a lowly Lieutenant Commander. While better staffed than it has been in years, Deep Space 285 is certainly not the shinning beacon of the Avalon Sector it once was.

New Numidia

A Human colony on the edge of the Avalon Sector, not far from the Federation border, New Numidia is the homeworld of 8 million Humans from the Berber cultural-linguist group from North Africa on Earth. Established in the 2320s, the colony was one of the earliest Federation ventures into the region, despite the colony not being a member of the Federation. The colony has not suffered the wax and wane of Starlfeet/Federation interests in the region and is as thriving as it ever has been.

Sotra Research Station

A small orbital research station studying both the planet below and the surrounding nebula, Sotra was built in 2389 as the last funded Starfleet venture into the region. It was resupplied by Civilians, contracted by the Federation, for over 2 years until the Constitution arrived in 2391. A series of incidents exposed the nature of the facility and just what went on there. A small Starfleet force was left behind on the station after the Constitution departed.

Gurab

A Romulan world that housed a weapons research facility, Gurab II was the site of a high profile incident in 2389 when the USS Discovery-C was allegedly tasked with destroying the facility and the surrounding colony. A mutiny ensued over Starfleet orders and over the next few months, Starfleet began to withdraw from the region entirely.